tortoishell
Active Member
When my tortoise was a little gloomy from not being able to go outside (he was also a bit lethargic from low temperatures he's fine now) ) I hand fed him to make sure he was okay, and soon he was up and about and bouncing off the walls. After a while, though, he got used to being hand fed. I now have to give him a piece of lettuce in my hand and then introduce the food bowl in the exact place as I hand feed him. Thus, the bowl is always in a different place. The result is that he doesn't know how to eat alone, as in he doesn't know to crawl to the food bowl. I've been trying to place the food further and further from him but it doesn't work. Some people have told me that if I don't hand feed him for a couple days and let him work up an appetite, he will learn to eat by himself. Is this true? What do you guys think?